canework
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of canework
Example Sentences
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Each sitter is allowed a space upon a divan of yellow canework.
From The Eyes of Asia by Rudyard Kipling
They are also largely imported into Great Britain for canework.
From Miscellanea by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
Señora Barenna, who made this remark, heaved a sigh and sat back in her canework chair with that jerkiness of action which in elderly ladies usually betokens impatience with the ways of young people.
From In Kedar's Tents by Henry Seton Merriman
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